Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Original Japanese poster
Japanese name
Kanji古都
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKoto
Directed byNoboru Nakamura
Written by
Produced byRyōtarō Kuwata
Starring
CinematographyTōichirō Narushima
Edited byHisashi Sagara
Music byToru Takemitsu
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 13 January 1963 (1963-01-13) (Japan)
[1][2]
Running time
106 minutes[1][2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Twin Sisters of Kyoto (古都, Koto) is a 1963 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura, based on the novel The Old Capital (1962) by Nobel Prize laureate Yasunari Kawabata.[1][2] The film was Japan's submission for the 1964 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "古都 (Twin Sisters of Kyoto)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "古都 (Twin Sisters of Kyoto)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 May 2021.